"My mother used to tell me, when I was a bit older, that the secret of a successful marriage was to sleep in a double bed." (17)

"As I grew older, I became more and more attached to my father, and my ambition was to be as intelligent and respected as he was throughout his life. Freud was dead right in my case: if I were to meet a man who reminded me of my father, I would doubtless fall madly in love with him." (18)

"I couldn't care less who I did it with, even my relatives. In fact, the idea of sampling forbidden fruit made incest all the more exciting. The only taboo against it was we don't make babies, that's all." (24)

"I desperately needed warmth and reassurance, and an obvious easy way was to hear men praise me as a lover." (73)